Published Reports

These reports and policy papers have been published by the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC). Can’t find a document? Some older documents are not listed online, but may be kept on file. Contact us.

The National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) provides Health Canada with ongoing and timely medical, scientific, and public-health advice relating to immunization. Health Canada acknowledges that the advice and recommendations set out in this statement are based upon the best current available scientific

The Working Group on Postgraduate Education for Rural Family Practice of the College of Family Physicians of Canada was established in 1998 to review the current state of postgraduate education for rural practice in Canada and to outline an appropriate curriculum to prepare new family physicians for the challenges of rural practice.

Funding for formation of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) was confirmed in the federal budget of February 1999. The CIHR will be the major source of funds for health research in Canada and will be structured such that a limited number of "research institutes" will exist together.

For the approximately one third of Canadian women who spend their pregnancies in rural Canada, access can be a serious challenge. Most rural communities are too small and remote to sustain specialist obstetric and anesthetic services for operative birth. There is a need to sustain and restore the availability of advanced maternity care in rural Canada.

This monograph is reflective of the discipline it covers and the multiple tasks that it calls forth in its practitioners. It is both a summary of what is, and an outline of what might be; it is a philosophical perspective and a practical tool to assist those responsible for delivering undergraduate programs in Family Medicine. Its authors are directors of undergraduate programs in a number of the sixteen medical schools in Canada.

In this document the CFPC presents a model for delivery of primary care services by family doctors, nurses, and other health care providers and offers strategies and recommendations to both create and sustain this model.

Working with aboriginal peoples Aboriginal health is a highly relevant concern to the health care community. Aboriginal patients, whether identified as Aboriginal or not, will be encountered by most Canadian health care practitioners at some point in their practice.

Home care is not new to Canada. What is new is the rapid shift of acute care to the home setting. Increasingly, complex medical interventions are being transferred out of the hospital into the home without adequate consideration of medical management of the patient. In many parts of the country, the family physician has been largely excluded from home care planning and implementation. This is unfortunate as family doctors provide a large proportion of health care services in the community and are an important potential resource to enhance the effectiveness of home care.